My understanding is that Clojure is meant to be Scheme like, but it is not fully compliant to a Scheme spec, my only guess is due to JVM specific nuances, but I could be wrong. It has been some time since I last dived into Clojure specifics. I will say though, that side from Racket, I think Clojure is top notch, although it seems a lot of my favorite projects from a few years ago have been abandoned. One of my favorite things with Clojure is using the REPL to build a GUI using JVM libraries.
>> My understanding is that Clojure is meant to be Scheme like, but it is not fully compliant to a Scheme spec, my only guess is due to JVM specific nuances, but I could be wrong.
Clojure's syntax and semantics are quite different from Scheme and Common Lisp:
Most differences are due to design choices, not merely JVM nuances. A few differences are due to JVM limitations at the time that Clojure was designed.
I don't think any attempt was made to comply with a Scheme spec.
